chigoe
/ˈtʃɪɡəʊ
/noun
Another term for chigger (sense 1).He's blasé about all the usual stuff - typhoid fever, malaria, chigoes, bots, scabies, and leeches....
- This widespread myth has its origin in the southern states where pests with similar names such as jigger flea or the chigoes do attack by burrowing under skin.
- The ‘committee’ sat on rough logs, ranged on the sand in the open building; and we had carefully to examine our feet for chigoes and exterminate them after each sitting.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French chique, from a West African language.